Voyage of the Retronaut – by Jeremy Parish

by Jeremy Parish | Oct 21, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

On July 15, 1983, Nintendo launched its first programmable console, the Family Computer. A couple of years later, the Famicom would arrive in America as the Nintendo Entertainment System. In the decade following the console’s Japanese debut, it would help transform...

Replacement Cases

by Todd Friedman | Oct 20, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

I ran across a great vendor on Ebay that creates replacement cases for most retro games (CD version)  PS1 , PS2,  GameCube,  XBOX and others.   I wanted to pass along his link to you and spread the word.  His prices are very reasonable and he can offer special like...

Songbird Productions at the Portland Gaming Expo

by Old School Gamer | Oct 16, 2025 | 1980s, 2000s

This weekend at the Portland Gaming Expo Songbird-productions.com What Songbird is offering at PRGE https://songbird-productions.com/product/wings-of-death/ Atari Jaguar: Wings of Death is available for purchase.  Atari Lynx: New and sealed stock for this system will...

No Quarters Required – by Michael Thomasson

by Michael Thomasson | Oct 15, 2025 | 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

Nestled in a quiet corner in the Buffalo suburb of Depew sits a modest building with a simple façade. It was once a corner bar – long abandoned, idle, and forgotten. Today, it pulses with new life as the Nickel City Pinball Club. The front door bears the club’s...

Video Game Connections – by Leonard Herman

by Leonard Herman | Oct 13, 2025 | 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, Magazine Preview

Video Game Connections, located in the Regal Plaza on 2209 Rt 9 North, Howell, NJ 07731, is well-known to many videogame collectors along the east coast of the United States. Unlike many videogame stores that dot the United States and\ abroad, it is one of the few...

Old School Gaming at L.A. Comic Con 2025

by Brian Chansy | Oct 13, 2025 | 2000s, Arcade, Console/Handheld, Events, Gaming

Located in the same convention center as the ever-popular Anime Expo, L.A. Comic Con is an annual convention celebrating pop culture, including video games. Besides tournaments of more recent games (e.g., Street Fighter 6), the convention had something for Old School...